Improvement in breast-collars for horses



" NITED 4STATES, PATENT j Frrcn.

EN i JAMES NELLIS; ;.0FYrsILANrI, MrcnIeAmAssrGNoR To HIMsELF AND srtvnsrnnw. BEACH, or SAME PLACE.

|MPRotEMENr IN BREAST-coLLARs FoR Hoesjes.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,346, dated May 30, 1871.

"To all whom it may concern lBe it known that I, JAMES NELLIs, of

y" Ypsilanti, iu the county of; Washtenaw and y Stateof Michigan, haveinventedcertain new 1, and useful Improvements in Breast-Collars; s #and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description therey. of, reference beingh'adto the accompanying `j `drawing and to the letters of reference marked i thereonwhich form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the i *construction and arrangement of a breast-collar, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable` others skilled in the art to which lny invention appertains to make and H "use the same, Iwill now proceed to describe its construction ands operation, referring to the f annexed drawing, which represents a perspective View of the breast-collar.

i A represents a metallic halfcircle, at suit- `iablepoints `upon the inner `circumference of if which are two stationary projections, a a. The .y end `of each of these projections is inserted `and pivoted in'` a slot in `the center ofa pad, B, thus making two adjustablepads, attached 4to the ring A. These pads` are constructed i fand latched in such a manner as'to bring the draft properly on the horses breast or shoulder and adapt themselves to the various motions of the horse, always having` a space of about four inches betwee'n them, thus relieving pressure from the throat. To the front of the ring A is attached a loop, b, in which may be fastened a pole-strap, C, so that this breastcollar may be used equally well for one or two horses. `Attached. to each side of this collar is a shortvtug, D, one of which I have represented as stationary and the other as adjustable. I reserve to myself, however, the right to use them either as represented, or both stationary, or both adjustable.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ise j A breast-collar, composed of a metallic halfcircle and adjustable pads attached thereto, substantially for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as myown I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES NELLIS.

Witnesses:

S. M. CUTCHEON, A SYLVESTER W. BEACH. 

